# barker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɚ/ · frequency rank #13,099

## Definitions
1. Someone or something who barks.
2. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
3. A shelf-talker.
4. A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
5. A pistol.
6. The spotted redshank.

## Etymology
From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **barr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barr)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-burke)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-bauer)
- **biker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-biker)
- **Bayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-bayer)
- **barre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barre)
- **Barks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barks)
- **border** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-border)
- **barrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barrel)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-basket)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-burger)
- **Barnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barnes)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-broker)
- **barred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barred)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-bunker)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-batter)
- **Baxter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-baxter)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-booker)
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barney)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-burner)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abrker`, `bakrer`, `barekr`, `barkerr`, `barkker`, `barkre`, `barrker`, `bbarker`, `braker`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barker